The European Cluster for Securing Critical Infrastructures (ECSCI) is a cluster of H2020 EU research and innovation projects in the field of cyber-physical protection of critical infrastructures (CIP). Its main objective is to highlight and elaborate on emerging innovative solutions to security issues via cross-projects collaboration and innovation. ECSCI members share knowledge and best practices about CIP in different sectors. The cluster focuses on research and innovation outcomes on the protection and security of critical infrastructures and services, respecting the different approaches, CI sectors focusing, target audience, etc. between the projects, while establishing tight and productive connections with closely related or complementary ones.

To promote the activities of the cluster, ECSCI organizes international conferences, and national or international stakeholder workshops, involving both policy makers, industry and academic representatives, practitioners, and representatives from the European Commission.

ECSCI, as a collaborative ecosystem on critical infrastructures protection, collaborates on the following areas:

• Scientific collaboration in the form of joint workshops and conferences, and co-writing of scientific publications;
• Technical collaboration such as sharing approaches on cyber-physical security, risk assessment, and predictive analytics;
• Communication and dissemination of cluster’s activities and outputs through a common web and social media presence, and organization of joint events;
• Building and fostering stakeholders’ alliance (mobilisation of local ecosystems);
• Marketplace extension of members’ products and services across various sectors and stakeholders.

As a result, collaboration and knowledge sharing among experts in the field is critical for ensuring the security and readiness of European critical infrastructures and services. In this direction, the ECSCI cluster tries to consolidate and reflect a European approach by engaging in various common activities:

• Contribution to standards and regulations on the protection of Critical Infrastructures;
• Joint scientific publications, including a broad spectrum of respective books;
• Workshops and events on critical infrastructure protection, with keynote speakers from policy making, academic and industrial sector;
• A platform for combined safety and security for European Critical Infrastructures.